A key Congressional committee will be holding a stakeholder hearing on ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation next week. The “Examining ICD-10 Implementation” hearing, set for 10:15 am ET on February 11, is being held by the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee s subcommittee on healthcare, which is chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA). “This hearing is an…
CMS conducted another successful acknowledgement testing week last month. Acknowledgement testing gives providers and others the opportunity to submit claims with ICD-10 codes to the Medicare Fee-For-service (FFS) claims systems and receive electronic acknowledgements confirming that their claims were accepted. While providers are welcome to submit acknowledgement test claims anytime, during the November testing week,…
Rheumatoid arthritis is an Autoimmune disease results in chronic systemic disease principally of joints, manifested by inflammatory changes in articular structures and synovial membranes, atrophy, and loss in bone density. ICD 9 has only one ICD to report this condition whereas ICD 10 expands upto 190 options for reporting RA more specifically. 714.0 Rheumatoid arthritisCrosswalk: M05.40…
CMS planned to conduct ICD-10 testing during the week of July 21 through 25, 2014, to give a sample group of providers the opportunity to participate in end-to-end testing with Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and the Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI) contractor. The July testing has been canceled due to the ICD-10 implementation delay. Additional…
On March 31, 2014, the US Senate voted to approve the bill, H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, that will delay the implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS by at least one year. The bill now moves to President Obama, who is expected to sign it into law. The bill was passed 64-35 at 6:59…
This morning the United States House of Representatives passed House Bill 4302. The bill proposes to extend Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) current rate to April 15th, 2015 and would delay other Medicare deadlines. The bill, as currently drafted, would also postpone ICD-10-CM implementation until after Oct. 1, 2015 and restrict the Centers for Medicare…
If you have not already done so, here are the steps you need to consider on how to prepare for ICD 10 implementation: • Learn about the structure, organization, and unique features of ICD-10-CM – all provider types. • Learn about the structure, organization, and unique features of ICD-10-PCS – inpatient hospital claims. • Learn…
The new, up-to-date classification system will provide much better data needed to: • Measure the quality, safety, and efficacy of care • Reduce the need for attachments to explain the patient’s condition • Design payment systems and process claims for reimbursement • Conduct research, epidemiological studies, and clinical trials • Set health policy • Support…
To be fully prepared for the October 1, 2014, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10) transition, you need to know exactly how ICD-10 will affect your practice. Many people associate coding with submitting claims; in reality, ICD codes are used in a variety of processes within clinical practices, from registration and referrals to billing…
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), also referred to as chronic renal disease, is a progressive loss of renal function over a period of months or years. All individuals with a Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for 3 months are classified as having chronic kidney disease, irrespective of the presence or absence of…
